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The British Museum

Houses a vast collection of world art and artifacts. A large part of the collection can be viewed online.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/

Sackler Museums

Directory to five museums which hold the collections of publisher and art collector Dr. Arthur M. Sackler.
http://www.sackler.org

Bermuda National Gallery

Houses the national collection of European, African and Bermuda art. Exhibits include the Bermuda Biennial exhibition and changing international exhibition.
http://www.bng.bm

Hecht Museum

Exhibits international art and archaeology. Various artistic movements are represented, with the emphasis on Impressionism and the Jewish School of Paris. The Art wing also contains works by Jewish artists who perished during the Holocaust.
http://research.haifa.ac.il/~hecht/

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

Paintings and sculptures, European as well as Japanese, mostly 19th and 20th century. The Rodin wing contains pre- and post-Rodin works, as well as a major collection of Rodin.
http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/tope.html

NMWA - The National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo)

European paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, from the 14th through the 20th centuries. Illustrated samples from the collections.
http://www.nmwa.go.jp/

Ethnographic Museum Antwerp

Highlights non-European ethnic groups, including African, American, Asian and Oceanian cultures.
http://museum.antwerpen.be/etnografisch_museum/index_eng.html

Musée du Louvre

Divided into 7 departments, the Louvre collections incorporate works dating from the birth of the great antique civilisations right up to the first half of the XIXth century, thereby confirming its encyclopedic vocation.
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

Kunsthal Rotterdam

Staging 25 exhibits through the year, the Kunsthal Rotterdam exhibits a full spectrum of art, from Da Vinci to 19th century cat portraits to modern photography and design.
http://www.kunsthal.nl/english/index.html

The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Formerly the homes of tsars, the five buildings which comprise the Hermitage now house one of the finest art collections in the world. Site offers a virtual tour, on-line exhibtions and a digital collection of high resolution art images.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/

Nature in Art Museum

Dedicated to art inspired by nature including artists ranging from Audubon to Picasso. Located in Twigworth, Gloucester.
http://www.nature-in-art.org.uk/
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Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, UK

Features world-renowned Arts and Crafts Movement collection, rare Chinese and English ceramics, and 300 years of painting by Dutch and British artists.
http://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Featuring a collection of over 15,000 objets d'art from Asia, Europe and North America with primary emphasis on Canada and Japan.
http://aggv.bc.ca

Smithsonian Institution

Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.
http://www.si.edu

Allentown Art Museum

Offering a full schedule of art exhibits, tours, galleries, lectures, workshops, and family activities in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/

Armand Hammer Museum

Permanent collections include the Armand Hammer Collection of Art which is primarily composed of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu

The Art Institute of Chicago Museum

Museum houses more than 300,000 works of art and includes among its treasures, American Gothic by Grant Wood, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and 33 works by Monet.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/index.html

Carnegie Museum of Art

Museum features a central collection of international art and additional halls of architectural art and sculpture. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
http://www.cmoa.org/

Chrysler Museum of Art

Exhibits a collection of art works from contemporary times to ancient Egypt, located in Norfolk, Virginia.
http://www.chrysler.org

Cincinnati Art Museum

Founded in 1881, the museum features 88 galleries and a permanent collection of over 80,000 works of international art.
http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.com/

Denver Art Museum

Presents a variety of international art throughout the year including traveling exhibits and displays from the museum's permanent collection.
http://www.denverartmuseum.org/

The Detroit Institute of Arts

The fifth-largest fine arts museum in the United States with holdings of over 60,000 works. More than one hundred galleries featuring paintings, sculpture, and graphic and decorative arts.
http://www.dia.org/

Duke University Museum of Art

Permanent collection ranging from Ancient to Modern art plus changing exhibitions, programs, and scholarly publications.
http://www.duke.edu/web/duma/

Frye Art Museum

Collection of 19th and 20th century American, German, and French paintings. Located in Seattle, Washington.
http://www.fryeart.org/

Georgia Museum of Art

The Georgia Museum of Art is a significant resource for UGA, the state, and the southeastern region, with a permanent collection of over 7,000 objects.
http://www.uga.edu/gamuseum/

Haggerty Museum of Art

Permanent collection covers a variety of art periods and styles. Museum features a permanent exhibit of Old Masters paintings. Located at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
http://www.marquette.edu/haggerty/

Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden

A not-for-profit center for the humanities. Through programs and events, music and the arts, the Museum seeks to provide links between the East and the West.
http://www.hammondmuseum.org/

Heckscher Museum of Art

Permanent collection spans 15th to 20th century, European and American paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Located in Huntington, NY.
http://www.heckscher.org

Indiana University Art Museum

Situated in the center of the Bloomington campus for IU, more than 35,000 artifacts such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and photographs are open for public viewing, for free.
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuam/

International Museum of Carousel Art

Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and exhibition of the world's antique carousels.
http://www.carouselmuseum.com

International Museum of Cartoon Art

Contains a collection of over 160,000 original drawings from every genre of the art and represents cartoonists from over 50 countries. Located in Boca Raton, FL.
http://cartoon.org/

The Kimbell Art Museum - Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas museum of international art with collections ranging from antiquities to 20th century contemporary art.
http://www.kimbellart.org/

Mead Art Museum

Contains a collection of over 14,000 works by international artists. Located at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
http://www.amherst.edu/~mead/

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Collections contains more than two million works of art spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present.
http://www.metmuseum.org

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

International museum of fine art.
http://www.mfa.org

National Gallery of Art

In Washington,D.C. houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
http://www.nga.gov

National Museum of Women in the Arts

only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to the exhibition, preservation, and acquisition of works by women artists of all nationalities and periods.
http://www.nmwa.org/

New Orleans Museum of Art

Permanent collection includes French and American art, photography, glass, African and Japanese works. Houses a sculpture garden and offers photography and decorative arts.
http://www.noma.org/

Peabody Essex Museum

Features over 30 galleries exhibiting international collections of maritime art and history, Asian export art, Native American art, arts of Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands, American decorative arts, natural history, and historic houses.
http://www.pem.org/

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret the visual arts to a diverse audience as a source of delight, illumination, and lifelong learning.
http://www.philamuseum.org/

Portland Art Museum

The oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest houses a permanent collections of European and American art as well as a fine collection of English silver.
http://www.pam.org/

Princeton University Art Museum

Permanent collections range from antiquities to contemporary art and focus primarily on works by American, European and Latin American artists.
http://www.princetonartmuseum.org/

The Saint Louis Art Museum

Collection spans the centuries from ancient Egypt to the present.
http://www.slam.org/

The San Antonio Museum of Art

Displays Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, Asian art, European and American paintings, decorative arts, and contemporary art.
http://www.sa-museum.org

San Diego Museum of Art

Features American and international art. Includes the latest events and programs at the museum.
http://www.sdmart.org

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Collections include ancient art, French and English 19th and early 20th century art, 19th and early 20th Century American art, international modernism, photography, and contemporary art.
http://www.sbmuseart.org

Springfield Museum of Art

Museum has a permanent collection of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists.
http://www.spfld-museum-of-art.org

Wadsworth Atheneum

Founded in 1842 and featuring collection of American and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. Collection highlights, exhibits and program information.
http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/

Museum of Art and Archaeology

at the University of Missouri. Images and informative text relating to permanent, special and virtual exhibitions of works of art from antiquity to the present.
http://museum.research.missouri.edu/

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

the oldest comprehensive museum in the Southwest United States. You're invited to come see its treasures - art of world cultures from antiquity to the present.
http://mfah.org/default.html

The Baltimore Museum of Art

Exhibits American and international art, including the Cone Collection of over 40 paintings by Matisse, Gauguin, Picasso, Van Gogh and other European artists.
http://www.artbma.org/

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston museum of international art founded by collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner.
http://www.gardnermuseum.org/

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Exhibits and collects fine art by American and international artists.
http://www.mmfa.org

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Special exhibitions of international art are featured annually as well as exhibits of the Academy's collections.
http://www.pafa.org/

Phoenix Art Museum

Permanent collection features over 13,000 works by international artists.
http://www.phxart.org/

Art Museum at Florida International University

Collection emphasis on Latin American and 20th century American art.
http://www.fiu.edu/~museum/

Currier Museum of Art

Features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs, sculpture and Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire.
http://www.currier.org/

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

Collections of modern art, fashion and applied arts, including ceramics from the Far, Middle and Near East. The Hague, Netherlands.
http://www.gemeentemuseum.com/

Polk Museum of Art

Provides an emphasis on modern and contemporary, American and European decorative arts, Asian and pre-Columbian art. Includes details of collections, events, calendar, programs, admission, hours, FAQs, membership, employment and volunteer opportunities,
http://www.polkmuseumofart.org

East Japan Railway Culture Foundation: Tokyo Station Gallery

Art exhibitions in part of Tokyo Central Railway Station. Past and future exhibits, hours, cost, map, and contact information.
http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/en_zh/gallery/index_en.html

Hiroshima Museum of Art

Mostly paintings. French painting, from the French Impressionists to the present, and Japanese works from the Meiji era to contemporary works. (Eng/Jpn)
http://www.hiroshima-museum.jp/

Brooklyn Museum of Art

With one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the world, this museum also has within its permanent collection classical and middle eastern art, art of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, as well as decorative arts and textiles.
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

The Hyde Collection Art Museum

Founded by Charlotte Pruyn Hyde in 1952, the museum exhibits an important collection of European and American works of art and European antiques. Includes works by Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Rembrandt, Homer and Whistler.
http://www.hydecollection.org/

Itami City Museum of Art (Hyogo)

Satire and humor. Caricature prints, sculpture and paintings by Honore Daumier, William Hogarth, James Gillray, George Bigot, James Ensor, Kathe Kollwitz, Raoul Dufy, and contemporary American and Japanese artists. English and Japanese.
http://www.artmuseum-itami.jp/

UVSC Woodbury Art Museum

Provides exhibitions from local and national levels, as well as educational programs and an art resource library. Provides details of exhibits, events, hours, and directions to the location in Orem, Utah.
http://www.uvsc.edu/gallery

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

With over 1,200 examples of fine and decorative arts, the centre is also home to the UEA collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art and Design.
http://www.scva.org.uk/

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

Features African, ancient American, Asian, contemporary, modern and Oceanic paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photography. Includes exhibition schedule, calendar of events, membership information, hours and directions. Located on the University of Flor
http://www.harn.ufl.edu/

Dallas Museum of Art

The museum's permanent collection ranges from impressionist paintings to contemporary sculpture.
http://dallasmuseumofart.org

Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection of more than 30,000 works of art ranges over 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to the present, and includes masterpieces from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Includes events, membership details, hours and a visitor's guide. Located in Cle
http://www.clevelandart.org/

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